| Main Entry: | broke |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without money |
Synonyms: |
bankrupt, beggared, bust, cleaned out, destitute, dirt poor, flat broke, impoverished, in Chapter 11, in debt, indebted, indigent, insolvent, needy, penniless, penurious, poor, ruined, stone broke, strapped, tapped out |
Antonyms: |
affluent, rich, solvent, wealthy |
| Main Entry: | poor |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lacking sufficient money |
Synonyms: |
bad off, bankrupt, beggared, beggarly, behind eight ball, broke*, destitute, dirt poor, down-and-out, empty-handed, flat broke, flat*, fortuneless, hard up, impecunious, impoverished, in need, in want, indigent, insolvent, low, meager, moneyless, necessitous, needy, pauperized, penniless, penurious, pinched, poverty-stricken, reduced, scanty*, stone broke, strapped, suffering, truly needy, underprivileged, unprosperous |
Antonyms: |
affluent, rich, wealthy |
| Main Entry: | poverty-stricken |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very poor |
Synonyms: |
bad off, bankrupt, beggared, beggarly, broke, broke*, destitute, dirt poor, distressed, down and out, down-and-out, hard up, impencunious, impoverished, in dire circumstances, in great need; financially poor, in want, indigent, miserably poor, moneyless, necessitous, needful, needy, penniless, penurious, poor, short*, stone broke, stranded, strapped, strapped, suffering, unmoneyed, wanting |
Antonyms: |
rich, wealthy |
| Main Entry: | strapped |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | destitute |
Synonyms: |
beggared, broke*, dirt poor, flat*, fortuneless, impoverished, out of money, penniless, penurious, poor, stone-broke |
Antonyms: |
rich, wealthy |
| Main Entry: | necessitous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | poor |
Synonyms: |
bad off, bankrupt, beggared, beggarly, behind eight ball, broke*, destitute, dirt poor, down-and-out, empty-handed, flat broke, flat*, fortuneless, hard up, impecunious, impoverished, in need, in want, indigent, insolvent, low, meager, moneyless, needy, on one's uppers, pauperized, penniless, penurious, pinched, poverty-stricken, reduced*, scanty*, stone broke, strapped, suffering, truly needy, underprivileged, unprosperous |